Whole Woman's Health to Open New Mexico Clinic [View all]

September 1 was supposed to be the day that HB 2's ambulatory surgical center restriction was implemented {in Texas}, which would have shut down all but a few abortion clinics along the I-35 corridor.

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And this morning, Texans received even more good news: Whole Woman's Health will open a new clinic in New Mexico this month to help fill the gap in abortion access that that HB 2 has created.

Whole Woman's Health in Las Cruces, New Mexico will open on September 15 to serve women from southern New Mexico, Juarez, West Texas, and surrounding areas.

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In New Mexico, state Medicaid covers abortion procedures. Additionally, the state has not passed the TRAP laws that turn a 15-minute procedure into a two-day affair, so the Las Cruces facility will perform same-day abortions.

Read more: http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/15652/whole-womans-health-to-open-new-mexico-clinic-reopen-in-mcallen